Me: Hey! Here's the new chapter! :D
Allen: Phew... :(
Ichigo: Why do you hate me? :(
Me: Whaaaaat? I don't hate you, Ichi-kins! :D
Ichigo: Oh-kay. *hates his new nickname* -_-'
Hichigo: Alright, I KICK ASS! 8D
Me: Well...okay. Hichi, can you do the disclaimer? O_o'
Hichigo: RAHR! AkuRoku18 doesn't own DGrayMan or Bleach, nor does she own the characters or is she making a profit. RAHR! 8D
Me: Scary... O_O'''
Allen: Oh, yeah. Just to clear one thing up, I can't use my Innocence whilst in Soul Reaper form.
Me: Nice bit of info, now GO READ FANFICTION! :D
Hichigo: RAHR! 8D
Chapter 7
Ichigo swore. This battle can't last much longer, he thought. The fight with Utsuro Itami seemed like it had no end. No matter what Ichigo did, the hollow countered every one of his attacks. Allen was having his fair share of problems, as well. He had slain many of the Menos and some of the adjuchas, but he looked as if he would keel over in exhaustion.
"What? Something on your mind?" Utsuro asked maliciously. He wasn't going to take the battle seriously anymore. Ichigo himself was tired. His attacks were becoming sloppier and less powerful.
"Keh. Don't kid yourself," Ichigo growled back. He raised his sword and slashed, only to find himself attacking open space.
"Behind you," Utsuro hissed. Hot, searing pain scorched Ichigo's back. He fell to his knees and blood spattered the ground. His blood. His world was turning darker.
Ichigo...
No...not you...leave me alone...
Is that really how you feel, Ichigo? You want my power, you know you do...
No...please...I can...kill him...myself...
Come on...look at you! You're a mess...you're dying and you know it, don't you?
No...
Accept it...accept my power and you won't die...
Leave me alone...
Accept it!
NO!
DO IT NOW!
"GRAAAAAAAH!" A similar black light that surrounded Ichigo when he went into bankai erupted beneath his feet, but Utsuro felt and saw something different about him. His spiritual pressure felt like that of a hollow and as he was realizing this, a half completed hollow mask was forming on the left side of his face. When it formed into it's full shape, Ichigo laughed a high pitched, messed up kind of maniacal laugh. His eyes had turned black with sinister golden pupils.
"What the...what kind of trick is this?" Utsuro asked in fear and surprise.
"Trick? There are no tricks to this," answered Hollow Ichigo in his disturbing, sharp voice. One flash-step later, Utsuro Itami had been cut down.
Slashed into two pieces, his final words were, "Damn...you...Kurosaki...you...monster..." And then, before he hit the ground, he dissipated into thin air.
"Heh...pathetic. How could Ichigo be beaten by that loser?" Hollow Ichigo said dully. Allen, who hadn't been oblivious to the Ichigo/Utsuro ordeal (and who had also killed all of the hollows), was scared and confused.
"I-Ichigo? What happened to you?" Allen asked shakily. Hollow Ichigo glared at the white haired teen. Then, he grinned evilly.
Hichigo said cruelly, "Ah...you're one of his little friends, aren't you?" He let out his crazy, maniacal laugh again. "I'll have to kill you, too." He attacked with one swift move, which surely would have killed Allen, but a white blur appeared in front of Allen. It was Toshiro.
"Hey! Snap out of it, Ichigo!" Toshiro shouted. Hichigo simply cackled, and began whaling on Toshiro's zanpakuto. "Damn...fine then! I'll have to use force to get you back." Toshiro thrust his pointer and middle fingers forward and yelled, "Hado number 4! Byakurai!" White lighting shot out of both fingers, hitting Hichigo in the shoulder. Toshiro hoped this might slow him down a little, but it didn't. The hollow form of Ichigod continued to laugh like a mad man.
"That's more like it! I wanted someone to fight seriously! A captain is PERFECT!" he shrieked inhumanly. He would continue to slash Toshiro until he was beaten into submission. At least, that was the plan.
"Tch. BANKAI!" yelled Toshiro. Suddenly, two wings of ice were positioned on either shoulder of Toshiro's body. Ice coated his feet and right arm. A long, icy tail whipped out behind him. "Daiguren Hyorinmaru."
Hichigo didn't seem to care about Toshiro's bankai. "Ha! That won't stop me!" He unexpectedly seized up. His left hand shot up to his hollow mask.
"NO! I'M NOT DONE YET!" Hichigo shouted. Ichigo's voice sounded out.
Get out of here!
"I WON'T! I'M HAVING TOO MUCH FUN!" Hichigo screamed, grinning like a maniac.
I said, LEAVE!
"GYAAAAAAH!" Ichigo managed to rip off the mask and free himself from the hollow. He collapsed, exhausted and almost dying.
Allen ran over to Ichigo, fell to his knees, and shook his body, "Ichigo! Ichigo! Say something!" Ichigo rolled over.
"Hey...Allen...you okay?" Ichigo asked weakly. Tears filled in Allen's eyes. He hastily wiped them so Ichigo couldn't see. Allen had been so scared, he couldn't help but cry in relief when it was over.
"Y...yeah." Toshiro reverted out of bankai and rushed to Ichigo, pushing Allen out of the way.
"Move. I don't know everything about healing Kido, but I can at least do it to some extent," Toshiro said quickly. Allen didn't understand the Kido thing, but he heard 'healing,' so he let Toshiro do his thing. Then, Lavi and Lenalee ran up to the bedraggled group of Soul Reapers.
"Shortstack! You're still alive!" Lavi exclaimed happily, even though he himself was banged up a bit.
"Allen!" Lenalee dashed to him and threw her arms around him. "You're okay!"
Allen was shocked, but nonetheless, he said, "F-for the most part. Ichigo has the worst situation out of the five of us. We should retreat back into the forest and recover, and be ready for whatever else is coming after us."
Elsewhere, in a dark, unidentifiable place, the tall shape of a man sat in his throne. Sosuke Aizen sat, waiting for his guest to arrive.
"Maybe he couldn't make it, Aizen," the fox-faced Gin Ichimaru said. Ironically, the Millennium Earl rode in with his golem Lero.
"I'm sorry I'm late, Lord Aizen," the Earl said, not sounded apologetic at all. "Road was insisting I stay and do something with her."
"I accept your apology, Lord Earl," Aizen stated. He got right to the point, "I want to know how well the Demoníaco Espada experiment went."
The Earl said smoothly, "That fool Utsuro Itami was killed by Ichigo Kurosaki after the brat donned a hollow mask." This seemed to interest Aizen. "What's so interesting about it, Lord Aizen?"
"Nothing important," he replied swiftly. "In the meantime, we will send a new Espada in Itami's place." A figure appeared in the doorway.
In a uncaring, almost bored voice, the new Demoníaco Espada said, "I am the second Demoníaco Espada, Tamashi Hakaisha."